16-11-2005, 11:35
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'Luzer'
AKA: Zan
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Team Role: Alumni
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Billerica, MA
Posts: 978
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Re: Force Feedback
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Originally Posted by Rickertsen2
Now this brings us to the issue of where to get power. Its not available in a great enough quantity from the OI, so you will need an external power source. A battery will do.
As far as the legality of this goes i don't know for sure but i can't think of any rules off the top of my head that it violates. It seems to me that a vibrating motor is the tactile equivalent of and LED.
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Once again, FIRSTSearch comes to the rescue:
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5.3.8 - THE ROBOT>ROBOT RULES>Operator Interface Rules
<R69> All equipment connected to the Joystick Ports of the Operator Interface must be powered solely through the power available through the port. External power sources of any type are not permitted on any equipment connected to the Joystick Ports. Portable computing devices may not be connected to Joystick input ports on the Operator Interface.
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